PUTIN, NAMED" PERSON OF THE YEAR"

Russian President Vladimir Putin has been chosen to be the "Person of the year" by Time Magazine. The magazine said "He had returned his country from chaos to the table of world power, at a cost to democratic principles".

He was a former KGB official, was picked to be Prime Minister in 1999. The magazine said he was not a good guy, but had done extraordinary things. Putin, in February accused the US of trying to dominate the world.